The Stanley Film Festival has announced that Alexandre O. Philippe's Doc of the Dead has been selected as the opening film for their upcoming event and we're giving away a pair of tickets to this special screening.

"The Stanley Film Festival will open Thursday, April 24, with a Gala Presentation of an original documentary from EPiX, Doc of the Dead. Directed by Colorado filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe (The People Vs. George Lucas), the film explores the evolution of the zombie genre in film, television, and literature as well as its impact and influence on pop culture. The film features footage taken at the 35th Starz Denver Film Festival's "George Romero's Zombie Town Hall Meeting."Converge upon the Stanley Film Festival in style by participating in a good ol' fashioned Zombie Crawl hosted by Eye Heart Brains, purveyors of the world's largest zombie gatherings. The death march will move along the Stanley Hotel grounds and through the neighboring streets of Estes Park in search of brains. BRAAAAIIIIIIIIINNNNNS!!

Prize Details: We are giving (1) Daily Dead reader (2) passes to the screening of Doc of the Dead at The Stanley Film Festival on Thursday, April 24th.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, simply email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Doc of the Dead Tickets” and your mailing address.

Contest Terms: The contest will end at 12:01 am on Sunday, April 20th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted. The prize cannot be exchanged or redeemed for cash, and does not include travel or lodging expenses.

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“The Stanley Film Festival (SFF) produced by the Denver Film Society (DFS) and presented by Chiller, announced today its full line-up and schedule. As previously announced, Doc of the Dead will open SFF. The festival, taking place April 24-27, will close with the mockumentary from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), What We Do In The Shadows, about a house of vampires trying to get back in touch with modern society. Throughout the four-day celebration of the best in horror cinema, SFF will showcase a full slate of features, shorts, panels, special events and awards presentations at the historic haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.

The Stanley Film Festival is honored to welcome the founders of SpectreVision, Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller to accept the Visionary Award for their contribution to  independent film. Founded in 2010, SpectreVision is a film production and music management company created to tell heartfelt, character-driven stories tackling real, emotional and social issues that test the boundaries of the horror genre. The Visionary Award presentation will be followed by a screening of SpectreVision’s executive produced film, Open Windows, an otherworldly new thriller which stars Wood.

“The Stanley Film Festival is about showcasing horror films that not only scare and entertain, but seek to elevate the genre,” said Denver Film Society Festival Director Britta Erickson. “SpectreVision has broken onto the scene in a fantastic fashion an is leading the industry by producing films that feed the horror audience the type of genre fare they crave. We are thrilled to honor them with our second annual Visionary Award.”

In addition to the Visionary Award presentation and screening of Open Windows, SFF will spotlight SpectreVision’s wide-ranging influence in the industry with a panel highlighting the combined vision of Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller as they talk about their recent productions - Cooties and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - which both premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, as well as new and upcoming projects including The Boy. SpectreVison will also present a specially curated retrospective screening of Who Can Kill A Child? and the dynamic trio will also treat festival-goers to special guest DJ sets.

The 2014 Stanley Film Festival film selection was curated by SFF Programming Director Landon Zakheim, DFS Programmer Matthew Campbell and SFF Programming Consultant Michael Lerman.

“This has been a tremendous year for horror cinema. We’re especially honored to showcase some the world’s finest new features, time honored staples of the genre presented by special guests and a truly innovative slate of short films,” said Zakheim.

Individual tickets and the full program are now available at www.stanleyfilmfest.com."